Autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control? April 3, 2018 6 mins read Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / The most read blog posts in 2018 / Weapons Neil Davison The requirement for human control The risks of functionally delegating complex tasks—and associated decisions—to sensors ...
Ethics as a source of law: The Martens clause and autonomous weapons November 14, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Rob Sparrow Ethics evolves, the law changes. In this way, moral progress may occur. Yet the relation ...
Autonomous weapons mini-series: Distance, weapons technology and humanity in armed conflict October 6, 2017 12 mins read Analysis / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Alex Leveringhaus In this blog post, I look at the ethical and legal ramifications of distance in ...
Introduction to Mini-Series: Autonomous weapon systems and ethics October 4, 2017 2 mins read Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / Weapons Autonomous weapon systems & the dictates of public conscience: An ethical basis for human control? On 28–29 August 2017, the ICRC convened a ...